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Who’s got your back, Joe, WTNH?

New Haven’s WTNH TV station apparently doesn’t have Joe Lieberman’s back. The station also known as Channel 8 did not broadcast any of U.S. Sen. Lieberman’s retirement speech live Wednesday afternoon at the Stamford Marriott Hotel & Spa.

Lieberman, accompanied by his wife Hadassah, children, grandchildren and other relatives, said he will not seek re-election to a fifth term in 2012.

The station that refused to renew the contract of Geoff Fox, who reported the weather on Channel 8 for 26 years, ran its usual “Connecticut Style” program with co-host Teresa LaBarbera when Lieberman was making his historic announcement.

WTNH, however, did report on the Lieberman event in its noon newscast.

The ABC affiliate did not follow the lead of Cablevision’s News12, New England News Channel out of Boston, and Connecticut channels 3 (WFSB) , 6 (WVIT) and 25 (WTIC) on the Cablevision viewing system, all of whom carried Lieberman’s entire live speech. CNN and MSNBC aired shortened segments of it.

WTNH uses the “Who’s Got Your Back?” slogan to promote stories that support the average citizen or consumer amid injustice.